The well-worn phrase "Tall in the saddle" is certainly one easy way of describing and then immediately married his ex-wife's mother, Dorothy, who was a few years older than him. An extended battle with cancer finally claimed the 72-year-old actor in 1983 at a Gainesville, Georgia, hospital.
He was an accomplished pianist.
Divorced his wife and married her mother.
One of his hobbies was wood- and ivory-carving.
Involved in juvenile welfare at various boys schools and orphanages, especially St. Marys School for Indian Children.
Fawcett Comics published 20 issues of Rod Cameron Western, a comic book featuring a fictionalized version of himself. It was also published in England.
He appeared in the very first "Alias Smith and Jones" episode that co-starred Roger Davis alongside series star Ben Murphy. Davis replaced Pete Duel after the actor committed suicide by gun on New Years Eve 1971.
According to one reference book, Rod supposedly had a daughter from a very early and unreported first marriage.
He had a daughter, Catherine Stanford Cox, with Doris Stanford, and a son, Anthony Roderick Cox Cameron, with Angela Alves-Lico.
In the old Hollywood, acting was fun. The atmosphere was looser. We used,to play practical jokes on each other. .
